“This is King SandyButt's Tomb. Turn back, or face his wrath!” - ominous warning from an ancient mummy... This season, the Super Switch Club is playing "Banjo-Kazooie"! On the latest episode: we get sunburned in the hot desert sands of Gobi's Valley, fall off of a bunch of ledges, creep around a haunted graveyard, vandalize Mad Monster Mansion, randomly turn into a pumpkin, jump inside a sentient toilet for some reason, swim through some toxic sludge, fall off some more ledges, and free Ecco the...
Apr 03, 2023•1 hr 55 min•Season 4Ep. 5
“Bzzz... I am Clanker, witch's garbage grinder. Clanker not like dirty water, want fresh air.” - Clanker This season, the Super Switch Club is playing "Banjo-Kazooie"! On the latest episode: we talk smack about Grunty's sister, swim through the murky waters of Clanker's Cavern, trudge through Bubblegloop Swamp, turn into a gator (or is it a croc?), and climb up a giant snowman (as a walrus) in Freezeazy Peak! Will Banjo (and Kazooie) save Tooty from Gruntilda in time? Is Grunty really the bad gu...
Mar 03, 2023•1 hr 54 min•Season 4Ep. 4
"Banjo! Banjo, wake up!" - Kazooie This season, the Super Switch Club is playing "Banjo-Kazooie" for the Nintendo 64! (available now on the Nintendo Switch Online library) On this episode: we meet Bottles, make our way up Spiral Mountain, complain about the camera controls, travel through Mumbo's Mountain, turn into a termite (?), run from a shark, fall in love with Grunty, and eventually figure out how to fly at Treasure Trove Cove! Will Banjo (and Kazooie) save Tooty from Gruntilda in time? Wh...
Feb 02, 2023•1 hr 45 min•Season 4Ep. 3
"Tiny creatures far below, which of you'll be the first to go?!" - Gruntilda The Super Switch Club is back with Season 4 - our retro gamers are assembling once again, this time to talk about their nostalgia for the N64 - and the instruction manual for our next game: "Banjo-Kazooie"! Who will survive to the end of the game? Find out now, on The Super Switch Club! Featured on this episode: Erik Slader from Epik Fails of History Brett from Skeleton House Kai Lee Cain from the Versian Chronicles Ben...
Jan 26, 2023•31 min•Season 4Ep. 1
"Guh-Hyuck!" (weird Banjo noises) The results are in! For Season 4 we're playing "Banjo-Kazooie" for the Nintendo 64! (We'll also be doing bonus episodes for "Sin and Punishment" and "Super Mario Odyssey" on the Nintendo Switch) Click here to find out more about how you can be part of the Super Switch Club! Upcoming Due Dates: Banjo-Kazooie - The Instruction Manual : Mon, Jan 16th Part One (complete Treasure Trove Cove) : Mon, Jan 23rd Bonus - Super Mario Odyssey Review : Fri, Mar 10th Featured ...
Jan 06, 2023•3 min
"So Long and Thanks for all the Fish!" - Douglas Adams (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) The Super Switch Club continues wading through the cold waters of "Ecco the Dolphin" - for the Sega Genesis! On this episode we played through levels 18 - 24: Pteranodon Pond, Origin Beach, Trilobite Circle, Dark Water, The Tube, Welcome to the Machine, and The Last Fight! Who will survive to the end of the game? Find out now, on The Super Switch Club! Featured on this episode: Bill from Bill's JRPGs and Ot...
Dec 22, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Season 3Ep. 7
"Get N or Get Out." That's right, now that our "Ecco the Dolphin" season is coming to a close, the Super Switch Club is coming back for Season 4 and this time we're playing a Nintendo 64 game from the Nintendo Switch Online virtual library! Listen here for all our nominations, and follow our Twitter and Instagram ( @SuperSwitchClub ) for how *you* can vote on what game we're playing next! Featured on this episode: Bill from Bill's JRPGs and Other Trappings Scott from RPG The After Years Brett fr...
Dec 15, 2022•14 min•Season 4Ep. 1
"Time Travel Sequence Initiated. Traveler: Ecco." - Ancient Atlantean AI The Super Switch Club continues wading through the cold waters of "Ecco the Dolphin" - for the Sega Genesis! On this episode we played through levels 13 - 17: The Marble Sea, The Library, Deep City, City of Forever, and Jurassic Beach?! Yes, that's right, we're going to Atlantis to travel back in time 65 million years to save the ocean from a malevolent alien force... because the Asterite told us to... or something... Who w...
Dec 06, 2022•51 min•Season 3Ep. 6
"I know not what has happened to your pod. Perhaps the Big Blue will help you, you must travel past the Undercaves to find him..." - Orca The Super Switch Club continues wading through the cold waters of "Ecco the Dolphin" - for the Sega Genesis! On this episode we played through levels 7 - 12: Open Ocean, Ice Zone, Hard Water, Cold Water, Island Zone, and Deep Water! What is Big Blue? Where is the Asterite? Who will survive to the end of the game? Find out now, on The Super Switch Club! Feature...
Nov 02, 2022•56 min•Season 3Ep. 5
"Ecco, if we breathe air, why do we live beneath the waves?" - random dolphin NPC The Super Switch Club finally *dives* into our next game: "Ecco the Dolphin" - for the Sega Genesis! On this episode we played through the first six levels of this 'hidden gem': Home Bay, The Bay of Medusa, the Undercaves, the Vents, the Lagoon, and Ridge Water! Well, at least some of us did, some of us gave up shortly after Level 2... Who will survive to the end of the game? Find out now, on The Super Switch Club!...
Oct 14, 2022•1 hr 29 min•Season 3Ep. 4
"A Vast Sea of Discovery... And Danger!" The Super Switch Club is back with Season 3 after a short hiatus to talk about the incredibly long instruction manual for our next game: "Ecco the Dolphin"! Who will survive to the end of the game? Find out now, on The Super Switch Club! Featured on this episode: Troytle Power Douglas Gale from Game Game Pass Deej from HappyCreatedInc Pod Ben from Dragoon Effect Kaslo25 on Twitch Pete from Attack on Final Fantasy Brett from Skeleton House Scott from RPG T...
Sep 21, 2022•33 min•Season 3Ep. 3
"Ecco the Dolphin is not just a game, it is an adventure..." - Jacques Cousteau We apologize for the delay (blame Bill), but rest assured Season 3 will be kicking off very soon as we dive into the Sega Genesis cult classic: "Ecco the Dolphin"! Featured on this episode: Erik Slader from Epik Fails of History , 2 Young 4 This Trek , Comic Zombie , and Podcasters Assemble ! (Episode edited by Erik Slader) * Dolphin Noises * : If you would like to be featured on an upcoming episode head over to: htt...
Sep 14, 2022•2 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Genesis Does What Nintendon't! After playing Zelda II on the NES and Star Fox on the Super Nintendo, we're now ready to announce our Sega Genesis bracket to decide which game we're playing next on the Nintendo Switch Online Library! Head on over to our Twitter account ( @SuperSwitchClub ) over the next couple weeks where you can vote on what we're podcasting about next! And you can follow the bracket here! Titles in our Sega Genesis Bracket: Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Shining Force Phantasy Star IV To...
Jun 29, 2022•7 min•Season 3Ep. 1
"Your Arwings have no chance against me!!" - Emperor Andross The Super Switch Club is scrambling their Arwing fighters in order to help defend Corneria and the Lylat System from the evil Emperor Andross! Will you heed the call? That's right, we're paying the original SNES classic, 1993's polygonal space shooter: Star Fox! (Now available to play on the Nintendo Switch Online library!) For today's mission, the Star Fox team is on course for Track 3: the Hard Route - which takes us to Fortuna (the ...
Jun 27, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Season 2Ep. 5
"Please tread carefully, Fox!!" - Peppy The Super Switch Club is scrambling their Arwing fighters in order to help defend Corneria and the Lylat System from the evil Emperor Andross! Will you heed the call? That's right, we're paying the original SNES classic, 1993's polygonal space shooter: Star Fox! (Now available to play on the Nintendo Switch Online library!) For today's mission, the Star Fox team is on course for Track 2 - cutting through Sector X, Titania, and Sector Y in an attempt to sne...
May 27, 2022•1 hr 19 min•Season 2Ep. 4
"Good luck!" - General Pepper The Super Switch Club is scrambling their Arwing fighters in order to help defend Corneria and the Lylat System from the evil Emperor Andross! Will you heed the call? That's right, we're paying the original SNES classic, 1993's polygonal space shooter: Star Fox! (Now available to play on the Nintendo Switch Online library!) For today's mission, the Star Fox team is on course for Track 1 - after a counterattack on Corneria we make our way through the Asteroid Belt, p...
Apr 12, 2022•1 hr 27 min•Season 2Ep. 3
"WE NEED THE STAR FOX TEAM!!" - General Pepper The Super Switch Club is scrambling their Arwing fighters in order to help defend Corneria and the Lylat System from the evil Emperor Andross! Will you heed the call? That's right, we're paying the original SNES classic, 1993's polygonal space shooter: Star Fox! (Now available to play on the Nintendo Switch Online library!) For today's *training* mission, we're getting up to speed on our history with the Star Fox franchise, going over the instructio...
Mar 18, 2022•46 min•Season 2Ep. 2
"You saved Hyrule and you are a real hero!" - Princess Zelda *Originally posted on "Bill's JRPG Adventures and Other Trappings"!* Our group of podcasters continue their quest to save Hyrule in "Zelda II: The Adventure of Link" (on the NES and Nintendo Switch virtual console)! On Season 1 Finale, we brave the Valley of Death, the gauntlet of the Grand Palace and ultimately face our own dark shadow... Who will make it to the end of the game? What Super Nintendo game are we playing next time? Find ...
Feb 17, 2022•1 hr 49 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Now you're playing with power! We're taking a quick break from Season 1 ( "Zelda II: The Adventure of Link" ) to announce what we have in store for Season 2! Since our first game was an NES title, we figured we'd limit our choices to the Super Nintendo this time around. Each of our previous podcasters sent in their candidates from the SNES titles currently available on the Nintendo Switch Online's library, and over the next couple weeks we'll be holding polls on our Twitter account ( @SuperSwitc...
Jan 21, 2022•4 min•Season 2Ep. 1
"Remember the magic word..." *Originally posted on "Bill's JRPG Adventures and Other Trappings"!* Our group of podcasters continue their quest to save Hyrule in "Zelda II: The Adventure of Link" (on the NES and Nintendo Switch virtual console)! On the latest episode, our remaining podcasters valiantly march forward in search of the secrets within the "Hidden" Palace, where they must face off against the dragon known to some as Volvagia! Featured on this episode: Troytle Power from Troytle Power ...
Jan 20, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 9
"Game over. Return of Ganon." *Originally posted on "Bill's JRPG Adventures and Other Trappings"!* Our group of podcasters continue their quest to save Hyrule in "Zelda II: The Adventure of Link" (on the NES and Nintendo Switch virtual console)! On today's episode, we walk across water and make our way to a Palace on the Sea where we discover a magical flute! (Also Erik and Kai throw in the towel) Featured on this episode: Erik Slader from the Epik Fails of History podcast and Too Young For This...
Jan 20, 2022•50 min•Season 1Ep. 8
"This magic will make your sword shoot fire!" *Originally posted on "Bill's JRPG Adventures and Other Trappings"!* Our group of podcasters continue their quest to save Hyrule in "Zelda II: The Adventure of Link" (on the NES and Nintendo Switch virtual console)! On today's episode, we sail to Eastern Hyrule, detour for some side quests by rescuing a child and running errands for a thirsty woman, upgrade our magic spells from some basement wizards, and face off against the gauntlet of the Maze Pal...
Jan 20, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 7
"It's hammer time!" *Originally posted on "Bill's JRPG Adventures and Other Trappings"!* Our group of podcasters continue their quest to save Hyrule in "Zelda II: The Adventure of Link" (on the NES and Nintendo Switch virtual console)! On today's episode - Jay goes down memory lane! After obtaining a magic hammer from Death Mountain, we trudge through a creepy graveyard, rack up some XP, raid a church in Mido Town, fall down a hole, turn into a fairy, find a crappy raft, fight our way through a ...
Jan 17, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 6
"Eyes of Ganon are everywhere! Be careful..." *Originally posted on "Bill's JRPG Adventures and Other Trappings"!* Our group of podcasters continue their quest to save Hyrule in "Zelda II: The Adventure of Link" (on the NES and Nintendo Switch virtual console)! On today's episode, after obtaining the Nintendo Power Glove (it's sooo bad) and after finding Bagu squatting in the middle of the swamp for some reason, the Saria Town bridge keeper eventually let's us pass, and we make our way through t...
Jan 17, 2022•37 min•Season 1Ep. 5
"I am Error." *Originally posted on "Bill's JRPG Adventures and Other Trappings"!* Our group of podcasters continue their quest to save Hyrule in "Zelda II: The Adventure of Link" (on the NES and Nintendo Switch virtual console)! After successfully conquering Parapa Palace, we head west through a dark cavern to Ruto Town. We meet a guy called "Error"...? and figure out how to jump real good while fighting some boomerang-throwing kangaroos, before aimlessly trudging through Midoro Swamp in search...
Jan 17, 2022•56 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Link set out on his most adventuresome quest yet... (copyright 1987, Nintendo) *Originally posted on "Bill's JRPG Adventures and Other Trappings"!* The game (officially) begins! Our group of podcasters venture out on their quest to save Hyrule in "Zelda II: The Adventure of Link" (on the NES and Nintendo Switch virtual console)! In this episode, we travel from Princess Zelda to the town of Rauru, across Parapa Desert, to the First Palace, where we encounter the dreaded 'Darknuts', and we're all ...
Jan 15, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 3
"Please, Link. Unite the Triforce and save the Princess. And bring back peace to Hyrule." *Originally posted on "Bill's JRPG Adventures and Other Trappings"!* Welcome to the start in a new series where I (Bill) get a group of podcasters to join me in madness! This is Zelda II ... Podcasters Assemble style! (Not heard of Podcasters Assemble ? Check out the podcast here!) Before we begin our quest, we're taking a look at the original instruction manual for "Zelda II: The Adventure of Link" (NES, 1...
Jan 14, 2022•37 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Are you nostalgic for a simpler time? On this mini-episode, Bill explains what the Super Switch Club is, how it started (as a spin-off of Bill’s JRPG’s and Other Trappings Podcast ) , what inspired it ( Podcasters Assemble ) , and where it's going! "The Super Switch Club" is a documentary-style, crowd sourced, hype/re-play podcast where players from around the world are invited to relive the nostalgia of retro games on the Nintendo Online virtual library - from the NES to the 16-bit era (and bey...
Jan 14, 2022•6 min•Season 1Ep. 1
